News Archive for September 18, 2010

Predictions: Giants 28, Patriots 27
While the focus heading into Super Bowl XLVI is, as always, on the quarterback matchup, the game is never quarterback versus quarterback, but quarterback versus defense.

Week 14: Jets and Giants Predictions (Record: 14-9)
The Chiefs' quarterback problems are well known—they'll start either Tyler Palko or Kyle Orton against the Jets on Sunday—but Kansas City has defensive issues, too.

The WSJ NFL Prediction Model: Week 2 (Record: 1-1)
We decided to build a statistical model that estimates how teams perform in nearly every possible play, and how frequently those plays occur in a game.

Week 9: Jets and Giants Predictions (Record: 10-4)
Perhaps more than any other sport, football can be broken down very neatly into specific situations: second-and-20, fourth-and-1, and so on. So we decided to build a statistical model that estimates how teams perform in nearly every possible play, and how frequently those plays occur in a game. This will help us predict who will win as we go through the season, and also let us explain why things happen the way they do.

WSJ NFL Prediction Model: Giants vs. Dolphins
Perhaps more than any other sport, football can be broken down very neatly into specific situations: second-and-20, fourth-and-one, and so on. So we decided to build a statistical model that estimates how teams perform in nearly every possible play.

WSJ NFL Prediction Model: Jets and Giants Prediction
Perhaps more than any other sport, football can be broken down very neatly into specific situations: second-and-20, fourth-and-one, and so on. So we decided to build a statistical model that estimates how teams perform in nearly every possible play.